Taking ethics into account in farm animal breeding: What can the breeding companies achieve?

Journal of Agricultural and Environmental Ethics

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 37-46

  Olsson, I Anna S ^a   Gamborg, Christian ^a   Sandøe, Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Animal production; Animal welfare; Biotechnology; Sustainability; Values

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMAL WELFARE; SUSTAINABILITY;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 33645339555     PISSN: 11877863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10806-005-4494-6     Document Type: Article

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